Closed Material Procedure in the Justice and Security Act 2013 Review

(asked on 18th September 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to publish their response to Sir Duncan Ouseley’s independent report on the operation of the closed material procedure under the Justice and Security Act 2013, which was carried out pursuant to section 13 of the Act and laid before Parliament in November 2022.


Answered by
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Lord Bellamy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 26th September 2023

The Government is carefully considering the recommendations made by Sir Duncan Ouseley in his Independent Report on the Operation of Closed Material Procedures under the Justice and Security Act 2013 and is working to establish how any recommendations that we take forward could be sustainably and effectively implemented. Subject to this detailed ongoing work, the Government aims to publish its response to Sir Duncan’s report by early 2024.

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